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        <h1>Overview</h1>
        <p>MxPlugin is an open-source project hosted on Codeplex - <a href="http://mxplugin.codeplex.com/" title="http://mxplugin.codeplex.com" alt="http://mxplugin.codeplex.com" target="_blank">http://mxplugin.codeplex.com</a>. This website provides access to the Installation Package as well as the full source code of MxPlugin.</p>
        <h2>Installation Package</h2>
        <p>The <a href="Install-DownloadInstall.htm">MxPlugin MSI</a>&#160;(Windows Installer package) can be downloaded onto your PC&#160;from Codeplex. When you run this MSI on your PC it will  install the<a href="Install-FolderFileStructure.htm"> files and folders</a> necessary for running any third-party MxPlugins developed for your applications and also perform a number of <a href="Install-SetupTasks.htm">Setup Tasks</a>. Optionally, you may also use MxPlugin MSI to  install he MxPlugin SDK which will  install the additional files and folders necessary for developing your own MxPlugins as well as applications that use them.</p>
        <h2><a name="ObtainingSourceCode"></a>Obtaining the full source code </h2>
        <p>If you are a <a href="../../About.htm#ProjectTeam">project team</a> member you can get  <i>full access</i> to the latest source code in the <a href="http://mxplugin.codeplex.com/SourceControl/latest" target="_blank">MxPlugin folder</a> of the Codeplex repository by connecting to MxPlugin using <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/vstudio/ff637362.aspx" target="_blank">Team Foundation Server</a>, otherwise you can get <i>read-only</i> access by connecting to MxPlugin using a Subversion client such as <a href="http://tortoisesvn.net/" target="_blank">TortoiseSVN</a>. </p>
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